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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—FDPIR Nutrition
Paraprofessional Training Assessment
for Indian Tribal Organizations
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a new information
collection for the Food Distribution
Program on Indian Reservations.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before
September 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Comments may
be sent to Akua White, Nutritionist,
Nutrition Services and Access Branch
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 508,
Alexandria, VA 22302–1500. Comments
may also be sent via fax to the attention
of Akua White at 703–305–2964 or via
email to Akua.White@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans, contact Akua
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SUMMARY:
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White, Nutritionist, Nutrition Services
and Access Branch, USDA, Food and
Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 508, Alexandria, VA
22301–1500. Fax: 703–305–2964; Email:
Akua.White@fns.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FDPIR Nutrition
Paraprofessional Training Assessment
for Indian Tribal Organizations.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584—NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Not yet
determined.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New information collection.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) administers the Food
Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations (FDPIR) as an alternative to
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), providing USDApurchased foods (i.e., USDA Foods) to
income eligible households on Indian
reservations and to Native American
families residing in designated areas
near reservations and in the State of
Oklahoma. As of April 2016, 102 Indian
Tribal Organizations (ITOs) and three
State Agencies (SAs) administer FDPIR,
providing foods to approximately 276
tribes and including just under 93,000
participants. The Food Distribution
Division at FNS is considering
developing and delivering a nutrition
paraprofessional training program for
Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservation staff within Indian Tribal
Organizations (ITOs). The objective of
the FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional
Training Assessment for Indian Tribal
Organizations is to provide FNS with
information of the best way to deliver
the training to staff. Specifically, the
FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional
Training Assessment for Indian Tribal
Organizations will help FNS to:
• Assess interest in a paraprofessional
training project
• Determine the nutrition training
topics that are most valued by ITOs
and FDPIR staff
• Determine the most effective and
culturally relevant format for training
• Determine the motivational factors for
staff that might influence their
participation in nutrition training
The activities to be undertaken
subject to this notice include:
• Conducting open-ended interviews
with FDPIR directors from 23 ITOs
• Conducting open-ended interviews
with key FDPIR staff from these same
23 ITOs
• Conducting open-ended interviews
with 15 key stakeholders considered
expert representatives of FDPIR, ITOs,
and/or experts in nutrition training
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Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments (23 selected ITOs).
Type of Respondents: The total
estimated number of respondents is 95.
This figure includes 61 respondents and
34 non-respondents. Also included are
ITOs on ‘‘standby’’ for the selected ITOs
who do not respond or who elect not to
participate. Standby ITOs will be
contacted in the event that selected
ITOs do not respond or choose not to
participate.
The initial sample will consist of 36
ITO Directors. Assuming that 80 percent
respond to the invitation email, the
resulting respondent sample will
include approximately 29 ITO Directors.
Of the ITO Directors accepting the
invitation to participate in telephone
interviews, 80 percent (approximately
23) are expected to participate. In-depth
interviews will be conducted with the
23 ITO Directors (with an expected 100
percent response rate).
Interviews with ITO Directors will
yield a sample of 36 FDPIR Staff.
Assuming that 80 percent respond to the
invitation email, the resulting
respondent sample will include
approximately 29 FDPIR Staff. Of the
FDPIR Staff accepting the invitation to
participate in telephone interviews, 80
percent (approximately 23) are expected
to participate. In-depth interviews will
be conducted with the 23 FDPIR Staff
(with an expected 100 percent response
rate).
The initial sample of Key
Stakeholders will consist of 23
individuals. Assuming that 65 percent
respond to the invitation email, the
resulting sample will include
approximately 19 individuals. In-depth
interviews will be conducted with the
15 Key Stakeholders (with an expected
response rate of 80 percent). The 34
non-respondents include 13 ITO
Directors, 13 FDPIR Staff, and 8 Key
Stakeholders.
Estimated Number Total Annual
Respondents and Non-Respondents: 95.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
251 (183 responses and 68 nonresponses).
Estimated Average Annual Frequency
of Response (including non-response):
1.92 (183 responses/95 respondents).
Estimate of Time per Response:
Burden per response (including
responses from respondents
participating in part and in full and the
non-respondents) in this data collection
is an estimated grand average of 0.51
(93.9 total burden hours/183 total
responses). For the respondents, the
average time per response is 0.52 (95
burden hours/183 responses) This
estimates ninety (90) minutes per
interview including fifteen (15) minutes
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for notification, scheduling, and
interview instrument review; sixty (60)
minutes for interviews per FDPIR
director, staff member, and key
stakeholder; and fifteen (15) minutes for
follow-up and thank you emails. For the
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non-respondents, the average time per
non-response is 0.05 (3.1 burden hours/
68 non-responses). This estimates three
(3) minutes per non-response for each
data collection activity including preinterview notification, interview and
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post-interview thank you emails for
each category of non-respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
(including respondents and nonrespondents): 93.90 hours.
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Tab le 1: Estimated annual burden for FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment
Average
Time Per
NonResponse
(Hours)
Total
Annual
Burden
Estimate
(Hours)
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Burden
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0.35
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Dated: July 6, 2016.
Telora T. Dean,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
[0596–AD16]
Final Directive for National Saw
Program
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of final directive.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Forest Service is
publishing a final directive revising
Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2350 to
establish training, evaluation, and
certification requirements for the use of
chain saws and crosscut saws on
National Forest System (NFS) lands. In
addition, the Agency is revising Forest
Service Handbook (FSH) 6709.11,
section 22.48 (Safety Handbook), to
remove duplicate text. The final
directive applies to the use of chain
saws and crosscut saws by Forest
Service and other governmental
employees, volunteers, training
consultants, and cooperators on NFS
lands.
SUMMARY:
The final directive is effective
July 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The record for this final
directive is available for inspection and
copying at the office of the Director,
Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer
Resources Staff, USDA, Forest Service,
5th Floor, Sidney R. Yates Federal
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC, during regular
business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. Those wishing to inspect these
documents are encouraged to call ahead
at (202) 205–1227 to facilitate access to
the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Stephens, National Trails
Program Manager, (202) 205–1701 or
jstephens02@fs.fed.us. Individuals who
use telecommunication devices for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DATES:
1. Background and Need for the Final
Directive
Beginning in the 1970s, the Forest
Service’s nine regions developed
regional policies related to sawyer
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training and saw use. Sawyers covered
by those policies often maintained trails
on national forests and grasslands,
helped fight wildfires, and worked in
wilderness where crosscut saws are
required. Forest Service and other
governmental employees, cooperators,
training consultants, and volunteers
who worked in more than one region
had to comply with multiple regional
policies, and certifications obtained in
one region were not always honored in
another.
A national saw directive is needed to
standardize training, evaluation,
certification, and safety procedures for
sawyers operating on NFS lands. The
final directive will allow the Forest
Service to facilitate the safe use of chain
saws and crosscut saws while
optimizing the critical skills and
cooperative opportunities for trail
maintenance and other projects on NFS
lands. The final directive will be
codified in Forest Service Manual (FSM)
2358 and will supersede duplicative
text in the Health and Safety Code
Handbook, Forest Service Handbook
(FSH) 6709.11, chapter 20, and all
Forest Service Regional Supplements to
that Handbook.
2. Overview of the Final Directive
The following provides an overview
of the final directive for the Forest
Service’s National Saw Program.
Training, Evaluation, and
Certification. Under the final directive,
the Forest Service will allow the use of
chain saws and crosscut saws on NFS
lands by Agency and other
governmental employees, volunteers,
training consultants, and cooperators
upon the successful completion of
sawyer training and field evaluation, the
prerequisites to obtain a National
Sawyer Certification Card, and any
other specified qualifications to perform
assigned saw work safely, including
current training on first aid and
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Sawyers will receive one or more of six
skill level certifications upon successful
completion of required sawyer training
and a field proficiency evaluation. The
issuance of a National Sawyer
Certification Card documents the
sawyer’s skill level certification and
qualifies the sawyer to work on NFS
lands within the qualifications
indicated on the card. A Crosscut
Sawyer Trainee may occasionally use a
crosscut saw, but for bucking only
(bucking is sawing logs and limbs into
shorter lengths) and only under the
immediate supervision of a certified
higher qualified sawyer.
Forest Service Cooperators. Forest
Service agreements with cooperators
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(other than those working under
interagency fire management
cooperative agreements) will include a
clause requiring cooperators’
employees, participants, and volunteers
who will use chain saws or crosscut
saws on NFS lands under their
agreement to be trained, evaluated, and
certified in accordance with this final
directive. The clause will also provide
that cooperators will be responsible for
providing the training, evaluation, and
certification, unless the Forest Service
and the cooperator determine it is not in
the best interest of the partnership. In
these circumstances, the Forest Service,
upon request and based on availability
of Agency funding and personnel, may
assist with developing and conducting
the training, evaluation, and
certification. Cooperators may take
Nationally Recognized Sawyer Training
Courses (NRSTCs) offered by the Forest
Service or may train, evaluate, and
certify their volunteers, participants,
and employees through NRSTCs offered
by Forest Service-recommended
cooperator sawyer evaluators and
sawyer instructors. This clause will be
included in new cooperator agreements
involving the use of chain saws or
crosscut saws upon publication of the
final directive. The clause will be
included in existing cooperator
agreements involving the use of chain
saws or crosscut saws when
modifications to the agreements are
necessary, e.g., for additional funding or
extensions. Cooperators will not have to
comply with the clause for 1 year
following publication of the final
directive to give them time to meet the
new requirements.
Scope of Certification. Sawyers will
be precluded from performing saw
activities outside the limits of their
certification or qualifications, except
during formal evaluation proceedings or
under the immediate supervision of a
higher qualified sawyer.
No Guarantee of Certification.
Completion of classroom, field
proficiency, and evaluation
requirements does not guarantee a
certification.
Minimum Eligible Sawyer Age.
Sawyers must comply with United
States Department of Labor minimum
age requirements. Those standards, as
applied to sawyers performing trail
maintenance, require that sawyers using
chain saws be at least 18 years of age
and that crosscut sawyers be at least 16
years of age.
National Sawyer Database. The Forest
Service is developing a web-based
database to track Forest Service sawyer
certifications nationwide. The name of
the sawyer, contact information, and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment
for Indian Tribal Organizations
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This collection is a new
information collection for the Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before
September 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Akua
White, Nutritionist, Nutrition Services and Access Branch USDA, Food
and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 508, Alexandria, VA
22302-1500. Comments may also be sent via fax to the attention of Akua
White at 703-305-2964 or via email to Akua.White@fns.usda.gov. Comments
will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for
submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans,
contact Akua White, Nutritionist, Nutrition Services and Access Branch,
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 508,
Alexandria, VA 22301-1500. Fax: 703-305-2964; Email:
Akua.White@fns.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment for
Indian Tribal Organizations.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584--NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Not yet determined.
Type of Information Collection Request: New information collection.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the Food Distribution Program on
Indian Reservations (FDPIR) as an alternative to the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), providing USDA-purchased foods
(i.e., USDA Foods) to income eligible households on Indian reservations
and to Native American families residing in designated areas near
reservations and in the State of Oklahoma. As of April 2016, 102 Indian
Tribal Organizations (ITOs) and three State Agencies (SAs) administer
FDPIR, providing foods to approximately 276 tribes and including just
under 93,000 participants. The Food Distribution Division at FNS is
considering developing and delivering a nutrition paraprofessional
training program for Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation
staff within Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs). The objective of the
FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment for Indian Tribal
Organizations is to provide FNS with information of the best way to
deliver the training to staff. Specifically, the FDPIR Nutrition
Paraprofessional Training Assessment for Indian Tribal Organizations
will help FNS to:
Assess interest in a paraprofessional training project
Determine the nutrition training topics that are most valued
by ITOs and FDPIR staff
Determine the most effective and culturally relevant format
for training
Determine the motivational factors for staff that might
influence their participation in nutrition training
The activities to be undertaken subject to this notice include:
Conducting open-ended interviews with FDPIR directors from 23
ITOs
Conducting open-ended interviews with key FDPIR staff from
these same 23 ITOs
Conducting open-ended interviews with 15 key stakeholders
considered expert representatives of FDPIR, ITOs, and/or experts in
nutrition training
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments (23 selected
ITOs).
Type of Respondents: The total estimated number of respondents is
95. This figure includes 61 respondents and 34 non-respondents. Also
included are ITOs on ``standby'' for the selected ITOs who do not
respond or who elect not to participate. Standby ITOs will be contacted
in the event that selected ITOs do not respond or choose not to
participate.
The initial sample will consist of 36 ITO Directors. Assuming that
80 percent respond to the invitation email, the resulting respondent
sample will include approximately 29 ITO Directors. Of the ITO
Directors accepting the invitation to participate in telephone
interviews, 80 percent (approximately 23) are expected to participate.
In-depth interviews will be conducted with the 23 ITO Directors (with
an expected 100 percent response rate).
Interviews with ITO Directors will yield a sample of 36 FDPIR
Staff. Assuming that 80 percent respond to the invitation email, the
resulting respondent sample will include approximately 29 FDPIR Staff.
Of the FDPIR Staff accepting the invitation to participate in telephone
interviews, 80 percent (approximately 23) are expected to participate.
In-depth interviews will be conducted with the 23 FDPIR Staff (with an
expected 100 percent response rate).
The initial sample of Key Stakeholders will consist of 23
individuals. Assuming that 65 percent respond to the invitation email,
the resulting sample will include approximately 19 individuals. In-
depth interviews will be conducted with the 15 Key Stakeholders (with
an expected response rate of 80 percent). The 34 non-respondents
include 13 ITO Directors, 13 FDPIR Staff, and 8 Key Stakeholders.
Estimated Number Total Annual Respondents and Non-Respondents: 95.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 251 (183 responses and 68 non-
responses).
Estimated Average Annual Frequency of Response (including non-
response): 1.92 (183 responses/95 respondents).
Estimate of Time per Response: Burden per response (including
responses from respondents participating in part and in full and the
non-respondents) in this data collection is an estimated grand average
of 0.51 (93.9 total burden hours/183 total responses). For the
respondents, the average time per response is 0.52 (95 burden hours/183
responses) This estimates ninety (90) minutes per interview including
fifteen (15) minutes
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for notification, scheduling, and interview instrument review; sixty
(60) minutes for interviews per FDPIR director, staff member, and key
stakeholder; and fifteen (15) minutes for follow-up and thank you
emails. For the non-respondents, the average time per non-response is
0.05 (3.1 burden hours/68 non-responses). This estimates three (3)
minutes per non-response for each data collection activity including
pre-interview notification, interview and post-interview thank you
emails for each category of non-respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden (including respondents and non-
respondents): 93.90 hours.
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Telora T. Dean,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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